Georgia Meditation Center

I attended on last Wednesday and I am looking for forward to being apart of the center.

First of all MEDITATION has been a lifesaver for me. It is the perfect balance to all of the exercising I get when kickboxing. I recommend Meditation for every human being. It is just as important to have your mind as healthy as the rest of your body. Ive been to a few classes of Meditation where Bee Intakanok does an amazing job explaining, and leading people during meditation. Walking in those doors is like going to a different country. It instantly feels like being in another culture and learning new things. Once Bee explains the simple technique they use at the center, the Monk comes in and leads us in 45 min of meditation. After the mediation is done, we have the option to leave or stay and listen to some details on the more «religious» side of meditation and Buddhism. Don’t get turned off buy that word, the talks are usually about being a good human being. Its very interesting, and I stay every time to here him speak. I have since moved from Atlanta to Washington DC and Bee has sent me to a new Meditation Center here to continue my training. Meditation has truly been a life changing experience for me, and I thank Bee and everyone at the Georgia Meditation Center for introducing this to me.
–Logan R.

A wonderful and friendly place, affiliated under the Dhammakaya Foundation, headquartered at the enormous and awe-​inspiring Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple complex in Thailand, which now has a hundred or so monasteries across the US and world. While this place does not host anywhere close to the tens of thousands of monks that the main temple in Thailand does every month, it is a decent-​sized Buddhist temple for the South.
One of the strengths of this temple is that in addition to Thai-​language activities, there are also English based sessions, something which the many smaller Laotian, Burmese, and Cambodian Buddhist temples around Atlanta do not offer regularly. There is an English-​language meditation session (introduction, sit, and discussion) led by a senior ordained monk on every Wednesday from 7 — 8:30 pm, and the crowd is diverse. Sitting for an hour may seem difficult at first, but there are definitely mental benefits from meditation!
Additionally, Sunday services begin at 9:30 am and last all morning or all day, but if you have to leave early, no one will notice. The Sunday services are mainly in Thai with English translation, and begin with 1 hr of silent meditation at 9:30am, followed by chanting, blessings, and offerings. As this is a Theravada temple, the chants are in Pali (one of the languages of the Buddha), with printouts available on the bookshelf for English and Thai translations. Lunch is usually provided for free in the dining area for those who attend the service. Note that shoes are not worn inside, in accordance with Thai tradition.
The website is at:
or MeditationCircle. org
Definitely come check this place out to learn more about meditation and Theravada Buddhism. If you’re new to Buddhism, be sure to visit representative temples of the other branches of Buddhism as well to get a holistic view of the religion. Some well-​established local places with regular services/​classes in English include Drepung Loseling Monastery (Vajrayana /​Tibetan), Dharma Jewel Monastery (Mahayana /​Chinese), and Atlanta Zen Center (Mahayana /​Japanese), while other large places only have English-​services occasionally, including Chua Quang Minh (Vietnamese), Jun Dung Sa Buddhist Temple (Korean), Georgia Buddhist Vihara (Sri Lankan /​Sinhalese), etc etc etc. Atlanta is fairly diverse! In fact, there’s even other Thai temples around town, such as Wat Buddhabucha,
. Whatever place you settle on, the important thing is revealing the inner peace within, and sharing that happiness with the world.